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Pieces to the Puzzle Fraction Project

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Four polygons each have a fraction with unlike denominators printed on them. Creative math minds select several shapes to create a design with and then write and solve a math problem involving the addition of all of the fractions...
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Easter Egg Math

For Teachers 1st
First graders apply logic and reasoning skills to solve math word problems. Using four colored paper eggs and four names, they try to soilve the logic puzzle by matching a name with a favorite color. Students check their answers on the...
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Secret Code Spotlight

For Students 4th - 5th
In this secret math code worksheet, students solve 14 equations and apply the color value for each line according to the key. Students write the final total and the secret coded letter from another key. Students read the message.
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Fifty Dollar Word$ From Ms. Smiley's Class

For Students 5th
In this math code worksheet, 5th graders analyze 6 words that have an exact value of $50 according to the code. Students encode each word using the values in the key and use any of the four basic math operations to show a final value of...
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Fifty Dollar Word$

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math code worksheet, students analyze 6 words that have an exact value of $50. Students encode each word with numbers from the key and use any of the four math operations to show a value of $50.
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Baseball Lineup

For Students 8th - 12th
In this deductive resoning worksheet, learners use 9 clues do determine which player plays each position on a baseball team.
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The Harry Potter Problem

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Harry Potter worksheet, students read a portion of an inscription from the book.  Students use logic to determine the contents of the seven bottles described in the paragraph.  This one-page worksheet contains 1 logic...
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Sudoku

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work on sudoku puzzles. In this algebra lesson, students complete a puzzle by finding the missing numbers in a square. They use logic to solve these puzzles.
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Who Grows Cabbage?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars use logic to solve the puzzle about vegetable farming. In this logical thinking instructional activity, students use the game board of various vegetable categories to define which farmer grows cabbage. Young scholars use...
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Thinking Skills: Find the Correct Number

For Students K - 1st
In this thinking skills worksheet, students read 3 clues to determine which number (from four choices) is the correct one. Kids draw an X on each number that does not fit the clues and circle the correct number. Note: The directions tell...
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Boxy Math

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this boxy math worksheet, students use their knowledge of the times tables from 1 to 10 to fill in the missing numbers in a multiplication chart.
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Integer Magic Squares

For Students 1st - 5th
In this math learning exercise, students find the values along the diagonals using integers to become the sum known as the magic number.
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Four Color Map

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore geometry by completing a color puzzle. In this shape identification lesson, students utilize deductive reasoning to complete a Google SketchUp puzzle with trapezoid, triangles and rectangular shapes. Students...
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Wackie Wordies-Word Puzzles

For Students 6th - 8th
In this word puzzle worksheet, students determine the meaning of a set of 12 word puzzles. This page includes links to additional resources and an answer key.
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Magic Squares

For Students 1st - 5th
For this math worksheet, students look for the values that add up to the magic number using the rows. The sheet is intended as a teacher's guide.
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Three+Four=Seven

For Students 7th - 10th
In this math cryptogram worksheet, students add the words three and four to get the word seven. Each letter stands for a different number.
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Twenty Object Trick

For Students 7th - 10th
In this problem of the day worksheet, learners remove items from a starting amount of twenty objects.  The instructor will be able to tell the student how many objects left.  The student is them to explain how this works.
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How Many Ways?

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this math puzzle worksheet, students are given 10 buttons on the page, and they are to arrange the buttons in the 3 boxes provided. Students fill in the chart to find out how many ways they can put the buttons in the boxes.
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Two More Toffees

For Students 1st - 4th
In this math puzzle learning exercise, students read about one mouse who has 2 more toffees than the other mouse. They are to determine how many toffees each mouse could have. Students find as many possible answers as they can and record...
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Triangle Sums

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders determine a way to place numbers in the nine circles that are arranged in a triangular pattern so that each side has an equal sum. They use each number once and practice adding single digit numbers.
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Codebreakers

For Students 6th - 7th
In these code breaking activity worksheets, students complete 9 pages of activities for math puzzles and code breaking activities.
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What is the Smallest Number of Pourings Needed?

For Students 10th - 12th
In this word problem worksheet, students solve the problem of how to give two students two quarts of milk each with an empty five-quart pail and an empty four-quart pail.  The students are provided with two ten-quart cans full of...
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Christmas gifts

For Students 9th - 12th
In this secondary mathematics learning exercise, students use logical thinking and the five clues to determine who will receive which Christmas gift.  The one page learning exercise contains one problem.  Answer is not...
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Math Squares 2

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math worksheet, students practice solving the math squares using the four basic operations. The answers are found on page two.